[Elecraft] ...response...

[John Merrill]

As in many mailing lists, the rule is to leave the policing to the moderator....FWIW.


On Aug 9, 2010, at 2:37 PM, John Ragle wrote:

> Well, Tom, when the idea first floated across the reflector a day or so 
> ago, it was meant as a JOKE by the person who sent it. Instead, a bunch 
> of people took it seriously and made what I consider to be fatuous 
> suggestions to the staff of Elecraft (via the list-server). Indeed, some 
> of them went so far as to call Elecraft's design non-ergonomic. My goal 
> in writing was simply to re-assure the dudes at Elecraft that in fact 
> their design is NOT ergonomically deficient, and that I, for one, 
> appreciate it. I don't see why people who dislike the design bother to 
> buy it in the first place...and then complain about it to the designer. 
> Their dissatisfaction should be better directed at themselves.
> 
> This particular list server is remarkable for its very wide-ranging 
> exchange of views, some of which have little bearing on the actual 
> mission of the reflector. In this case, because of the number of people 
> who bit on the joke, I wanted to make sure Elecraft didn't take them 
> seriously. Perhaps I should have used the word "petulant" rather than 
> "whiner."
> 
> I don't think that this matter deserves a roll-call vote of yea vs nay.
> 
> JLR
> 
> 
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